Display device
A display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a substrate, spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and extending in a second direction; and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the first and second electrodes and spaced apart from one another in the second direction, wherein the first electrode includes at least one first part having a greater width than the second electrode in the first direction and at least one second part having a smaller width than the at least one first part in the first direction.
1. A display device comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a substrate, spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and extending in a second direction; and
a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the first and second electrodes and spaced apart from one another in the second direction, wherein
the first electrode includes:
at least one first part having a greater width than the second electrode in the first direction, at least one light-emitting element among the plurality of light emitting elements overlapping the at least one first part in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction; and
at least one second part having a smaller width than the at least one first part in the first direction, at least one light-emitting element among the plurality of light emitting elements overlapping the at least one second part in the third direction.
2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first contact electrode disposed on the first electrode and electrically contacting the plurality of light-emitting elements; and
a second contact electrode disposed on the second electrode and electrically contacting the plurality of light-emitting elements.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of light-emitting elements include at least one first light-emitting element that includes a first end portion electrically contacting the first contact electrode and at least one second light-emitting element that includes a second end portion electrically contacting the second contact electrode, and
the display device further comprises a third contact electrode electrically contacting a second end portion of the at least one first light-emitting element and a first end portion of the second light-emitting element.
4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, in a view in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction,
a first edge of the at least one first part of the first electrode and a first edge of the at least one second part of the first electrode face the second electrode in the first direction,
the first edge of the at least one first part and the first edge of the at least one second part are aligned with each other and linearly extend in the second direction, and
a second edge of the at least one first part of the first electrode is offset in the first direction from a second edge of the at least one second part of the first electrode.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein more light-emitting elements overlap the at least one first part of the first electrode in the third direction than overlap the at least one second part of the first electrode in the third direction.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the at least one first part of the first electrode includes a plurality of first parts, and
the at least one second part is disposed between at least two of the plurality of first parts.
7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the at least one second part of the first electrode includes a plurality of second parts, and
the at least one first part is disposed between at least two of the plurality of second parts.
8. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the width of the at least one first part of the first electrode varies along the second direction.
9. The display device of claim 4 , wherein
the at least one first part of the first electrode includes a plurality of first parts,
the at least one second part of the first electrode includes a plurality of second parts, and
the plurality of first parts and the plurality of second parts are alternately arranged along the second direction.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein
the plurality of first parts are disposed to adjoin one another, and
the plurality of second parts are disposed at boundaries between the plurality of first parts.
11. A display device, comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a substrate, spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and extending in a second direction; and
a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the first and second electrodes and spaced apart from one another in the second direction, wherein
the first electrode includes:
at least one first part having a greater width than the second electrode in the first direction; and
at least one second part having a smaller width than the at least one first part in the first direction,
a first side of the at least one first part of the first electrode faces the second electrode in the first direction and is coplanar with a first side of the at least one second part of the first electrode, and
a second side of the at least one first part of the first electrode protrudes in the first direction away from the first side of the at least one first part of the first electrode more than a second side of the at least one second part of the first electrode.
12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the plurality of light-emitting elements include:
a first light-emitting element group including at least one light-emitting element, which includes a first end portion disposed on the at least one first part of the first electrode and a second end portion disposed on the second electrode; and
a second light-emitting element group including at least one light-emitting element, which includes a first end portion disposed on the at least one second part of the first electrode and a second end portion disposed on the second electrode, and
the first light-emitting element group has a greater number of light-emitting elements per unit area than the second light-emitting element group.
13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein:
the at least one first part of the first electrode includes a plurality of first parts, and
the at least one second part is disposed between at least two of the plurality of first parts.
14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein;
the at least one second part of the first electrode includes a plurality of second parts, and
the at least one first part is disposed between at least two of the plurality of second parts.
15. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the width of the at least one first part of the first electrode varies along the second direction.
16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the first electrode further includes at least one third part having a smaller width in the first direction than the at least one second part, and
the at least one third part, the at least one second part, and the at least one first part are sequentially arranged in the second direction.
17. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the first electrode further includes at least one fourth part having a smaller width in the first direction than the at least one first part and having a greater width in the first direction than the at least one second part, and
the width of the at least one fourth part varies along the second direction.
18. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the at least one first part of the first electrode includes a plurality of first parts,
the at least one second part of the first electrode includes a plurality of second parts, and
the plurality of first parts and the plurality of second parts are alternately arranged in the second direction.
19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein
the plurality of first parts are disposed to adjoin one another, and
the plurality of second parts are disposed at boundaries between the plurality of first parts.
20. A display device, comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a substrate, spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and extending in a second direction;
a third electrode disposed between the first and second electrodes and having a width equal to a width of the second electrode;
a fourth electrode disposed between the second and third electrodes; and
a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the first and third electrodes or on the second and fourth electrodes, the plurality of light emitting elements being spaced apart from one another in the second direction,
wherein the first and fourth electrodes each respectively include:
at least one first part having a greater width than the second electrode in the first direction; and
at least one second part having a smaller width than the at least one first part in the first direction.